The Void: Urban By Association

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Brian Kessler

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 2005

Keywords

global, urban void, interaction, Boston, post-industrial

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Description/Abstract

"I contend that a regional and now increasingly global scale dictates the development of the city. At this super-urban scale the specificity of architecture is impractical and too expensive, yet the city adn architecture still persist, because of the fundamental human desire for intimate social interaction. Architecture, stripped of its unobtainable utopian ideals, still maintains its significance as the literal and symbolic framework of the urban condition; the space of intense, physical interaction, leading to the literal procreation of humanity and limitless possibilities for new unforeseen activity."

Additional Information

Advisors: Terrance Goode / Phu Duong

Recommended Citation

Kessler, Brian, "The Void: Urban By Association" (2005). Architecture Thesis Prep. 74.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/74

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